1. Emperor of France 2. Railway 3. textile machinery 4. Patents 5. Henry Ford
1803: Cotton overtakes wool as Britain’s biggest export.
1804: Napoleon declared _____ on May 20th.
1807: Robert Fulton’s Clermont first successful steamboat.
1815: Napoleon escapes and is restored to power but is finally defeated at Waterloo, ending Napoleonic Wars.
1827: Benoit Fourneyron develops the water turbine.
1828: Aug 1 opening of the eight-mile Bolton and Leigh Railway.
1830: Sept 15 George Stephenson’s Rocket opens Liverpool-Manchester ______ , the world’s first passenger line.
1842: The Plug Plot
1843: Government lifts restrictions on the export of _______.
1851: Crampton lays first successful submarine telegraph cable between Dover and Calais.
1855: Henry Bessemer invents process for making cheap steel from pig iron, in response to call for guns for Crimean War.
1858: Laying of first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable.
1876: Alexander Graham Bell ______ the telephone
1878: Edison patents the phonograph, using cylinders coated in tinfoil.
1880: Invention of electric light bulb.
1884: Charles Parsons patents the steam turbine.
1888: Nikola Tesla invents the alternating-current electric motor.
1892: Rudolf Diesel patents his heavy-oil engine.
1894: Manchester Ship Canal opened for sea-going vessels on January 1st.
1896: _____ manufactures his first motor car.
1897: Frederick Creed perfects the Creed Teleprinter for use in newspaper offices.
1900: Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin builds his first rigid airship
PLEASE MATCH THE PARENTHESES WITH THEIR CORRESPONDING CONCEPT
1. World Trade Organization (WTO)International organization established to supervise and liberalize world trade.
2. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Trade pact signed in 1992 that would gradually eliminate most tariffs and other trade barriers on products and services passing between the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
3. Workers’ compensation, also called Work Injury Compensation. Social-welfare program through which employers bear some of the cost of their employees’ work-related injuries and occupational diseases. It was first introduced in Germany in 1884, and by the middle of the 20th century most countries in the world had some kind of this benefit. Some systems take the form of compulsory social insurance; in others the employer is legally required to provide certain benefits, but insurance is voluntary.
4. International Labor Organization (ILO) Specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) dedicated to improving labor conditions and living standards throughout the world. Established in 1919, it became the first affiliated specialized agency of the UN in 1946. In recognition of its activities, it was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1969.
5. Labor law (also called labor law or employment law) Is the body of administrative rulings which addresses the legal rights of, and restrictions on, working people and their organizations. It mediates many aspects of the relationship between trade unions, employers and employees. There are two broad categories. First, collective law relates to the tripartite relationship between employee, employer and union. Second, individual law concerns employees' rights at work and through the contract for work.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
final exam
PLEASE FILL THE BLANKS WITH THE NUMBERS OF THE RIGHT NAME
1. Thomas Newcomen 2. John Kay 3. John Wyatt 4. Lewis Paul 5. Eli Whitney
1709: Abraham Darby uses coke to smelt iron ore, replacing wood and charcoal as fuel.
1712: _____ builds first commercially successful steam engine.
1732: Jethro Tull publishes details of innovations such as the seed drill and the horse-hoe.
1733: _____ of Bury patents the Flying Shuttle.
1738: Lewis Paul and John Wyatt take out a patent for their drafting rollers and the flyer-and-bobbin system.
1743: ______ and Paul open a spinning factory in Northampton with five machines of 50 spindles.
1748: _____ and Daniel Bourn each take out a patent for a carding engine.
1751: Construction of the Sankey-St Helens Canal begins. This cut pre-dates the Duke of Bridgewater’s canal by five years.
1754: John Kay invents an improved carding machine.
1761: James Brindley’s Bridgewater Canal opens. Barges carry coal from Worsley to Manchester.
1762: Matthew Boulton opens his Soho engineering works in Birmingham.
1764: Thomas Highs of Leigh builds the first spinning jenny.
1767: Blackburn’s James Hargreaves develops a spinning jenny
1775: Watt’s first efficient steam engine, much more efficient than the Newcomen.
1779: First steam powered mills.
1787: Cartwright builds a power loom.
1793: ______ develops his cotton gin
1. Thomas Newcomen 2. John Kay 3. John Wyatt 4. Lewis Paul 5. Eli Whitney
1709: Abraham Darby uses coke to smelt iron ore, replacing wood and charcoal as fuel.
1712: _____ builds first commercially successful steam engine.
1732: Jethro Tull publishes details of innovations such as the seed drill and the horse-hoe.
1733: _____ of Bury patents the Flying Shuttle.
1738: Lewis Paul and John Wyatt take out a patent for their drafting rollers and the flyer-and-bobbin system.
1743: ______ and Paul open a spinning factory in Northampton with five machines of 50 spindles.
1748: _____ and Daniel Bourn each take out a patent for a carding engine.
1751: Construction of the Sankey-St Helens Canal begins. This cut pre-dates the Duke of Bridgewater’s canal by five years.
1754: John Kay invents an improved carding machine.
1761: James Brindley’s Bridgewater Canal opens. Barges carry coal from Worsley to Manchester.
1762: Matthew Boulton opens his Soho engineering works in Birmingham.
1764: Thomas Highs of Leigh builds the first spinning jenny.
1767: Blackburn’s James Hargreaves develops a spinning jenny
1775: Watt’s first efficient steam engine, much more efficient than the Newcomen.
1779: First steam powered mills.
1787: Cartwright builds a power loom.
1793: ______ develops his cotton gin
final exam
• The "INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION" is said to have started in which country?
• A few decades before James Watt perfected the machine, another young scientist named Thomas Newcomen built a simple steam engine with a single piston engine. What were these first steam engines used for?
• Where did Watt first see Newcomen's invention?
• In England in 1799 it became illegal for two or more factory workers to join together in order to demand better working conditions and/or higher pay. What was the name of this Act of Parliament?
• In 1733 ______ invented an improved part of the weaver's loom. What was it called?
1. The WTO is the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which was created in 1947 in the expectation that it would soon be replaced by a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) to be called the International Trade Organization (ITO).
2. The dating of the Industrial Revolution is not exact; the period of time covered by it varies with different historians.
3. Economic historians are in agreement that the onset of the Industrial Revolution is the most important event in the history of humanity since the domestication of animals and plants
4. From 1430, people in Europe discovered sea routes to Asia and America. England made the greatest gain from overseas trade. The middle class in England became wealthy from the overseas trade.
5. As the banking system developed, the banks lent money to the industrialists from the money of the merchants and manufacturers. The industrialists then used the money to for industrial development, which led to the Industrial Revolution
• A few decades before James Watt perfected the machine, another young scientist named Thomas Newcomen built a simple steam engine with a single piston engine. What were these first steam engines used for?
• Where did Watt first see Newcomen's invention?
• In England in 1799 it became illegal for two or more factory workers to join together in order to demand better working conditions and/or higher pay. What was the name of this Act of Parliament?
• In 1733 ______ invented an improved part of the weaver's loom. What was it called?
1. The WTO is the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which was created in 1947 in the expectation that it would soon be replaced by a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) to be called the International Trade Organization (ITO).
2. The dating of the Industrial Revolution is not exact; the period of time covered by it varies with different historians.
3. Economic historians are in agreement that the onset of the Industrial Revolution is the most important event in the history of humanity since the domestication of animals and plants
4. From 1430, people in Europe discovered sea routes to Asia and America. England made the greatest gain from overseas trade. The middle class in England became wealthy from the overseas trade.
5. As the banking system developed, the banks lent money to the industrialists from the money of the merchants and manufacturers. The industrialists then used the money to for industrial development, which led to the Industrial Revolution
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